Hi All
More project plonker progress...
Right then, carrying on from the previous post of chassis work, the cutting and welding had carried on at a fairly fast pace...
I carried on with the A frame X member brackets shown in the last pic of the previous post, starting with the radiator mounts ...
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I then attached all the other mounts including the front A frame mounts...
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Now this was done i turned my attention to reinstating the drivers side outrigger and also repairing the passenger side one which meant repairing a section of the passenger side chassis rail too...
Il start with the drivers side one, i had 4 outriggers which i had to make 2 good ones from...
You can see in the following pic the condition of one end of the outrigger i had, not good, so I used the one good end off the original one i cut off to repair it...
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I also had to weld the rear leaf spring hanger back on then this was welded to the chassis ...
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So then i started on the passenger side, again this outrigger was good at one end but not at the other and it had taken part of the chassis rail where it mounts to with it, so more surgery...
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Now with that done, i could get back to the original outrigger repair, a new end was welded on along with the rear leaf spring hanger to complete this repair ...
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I then went back to the rear of the drivers side chassis rail to finish of the rear overlapping plate as per original, this couldn't be done before as i had a support brace in the way which is now removed...
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I then welded the seat belt frame mounting tabs back on ...
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welded these 2 body mounting tabs back on the new chassis rail section...
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I also deleted the rear X member as only the saloon models had this and replaced it with the now repaired orignal van H frame ...
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The fuel tank brackets have now been welded on too, 2 of these are originals and 2 i made...
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So the final welding repair was completed this afternoon...
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Here is the chassis now after many many hours of work, it doesn't look like much but when its galvanized and powder coated I'm hoping it will look good...
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And finally, quite a moment, for the 1st time the chassis is on its very own 3 wheels !! ...
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I got 3 wheels on my wagon and I just keep rolling along
Stay safe everyone